UD Sol Butler Classic 2012

UD Sol Butler Classic 2012

University of Dubuque Sol Butler Classic Indoor Track Classic

UNIVERSITY of DUBUQUE
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SOLOMON W. BUTLER CLASSIC A.Y. McDonald Indoor Track Chlapaty Recreation and Wellness Center January, 14, 2011
Butler was born in Kingfisher, Okla. in June of 1895, the youngest child of Benjamin and Mary Butler. His father was from Alabama and born a slave in 1838, his mother was from Georgia.The Butler family escaped slavery and settled in Wichita, Kansas before moving to Hutchinson, Kansas in 1909. "Sol", as he was known made the varsity football team as a starting halfback during his freshman year. He led the school in football and in track and field. His sophomore year he helped Hutchinson to a runner-up finish at the state meet after setting state records in the 100 yard dash. In 1913, as a junior in Hutchinson High School (Kans.) he dazzled spectators at the district meet where he won six firsts, broke five meet records and unofficially breaking a world record in the 50 yard dash. He along with his older brother Benjamin would follow his high school coach to Rock Island, Illinois for his senior season in 1914. Facing 300 of the best track stars of the Midwest in Chicago, he competed in the regional interscholastic meet held at Northwestern University. On an unfriendly soil, the son of a freed slave, placed in the 60 yard dash and hurdles, the 440 yard dash, and also in the broad jump. He broke one meet record, tied a world record, and won fourth placed overall, competing against entire track teams! Butler earned 12 letters competing in Football, basketball, baseball and track and field at the University of Dubuque from 1915-19. According to Arthur Ashe Jr.s book, Hard Road to Glory, A History of the African-American Athlete, Butler was the first African-American to quarterback a team for all four years of college. In Butler's day, the track and field of activity was restricted. There was no national collegiate meet and very little indoor competition. Even the Drake Relays, then in their formative years, provided no such event as the broad jump. Butler was forced to the Penn Relays for that competition and twice won the championship. In 1919, to illustrate, Butler won both the 100-yard dash and broad jump at the Penn Relays. Entering military service as a soldier in World War I he represented the U.S. Army in the Inter-Allied Games in Paris. He won the broad jump and placed in the 100-meter dash. He was knighted by the King of Montenegro, who made Butler a Knight of the Third Order of Danilo. And with the Olympic Games scheduled for renewal in 1920 after the wartime interruption in 1916, Butler was rated as a heavy favorite for the championship. His winning jump at Paris, 24-9 1/2, was only two inches from the Olympic record and was considered a strong possibility for a new Olympic record. Butler went to Antwerp for the 1920 Olympics, but misfortune nailed him quickly. On his very first jump in the Olympic preliminaries he pulled a tendon and was forced to withdraw. That injury-hampered effort was a shade under 21-8. He won the U.S. National Amateur Athletic Union championship that same year by broad jumping 24-8. The Olympic experience was a heartbreaker for Butler. He signed on with the NFL in 1923 with the Rock Island Independents which local accounts raved about his first apperance in the victory over the Chicago Bears. Butler played alongside Jim Thorpe of the Canton Bulldogs where he was named starting quarterback in 1926. In 1926, the New York Giants refused to let its all white team on the field in front of the largest crowd ever (40,000) to watch an NFL game until Canton withdraw Butler as starting quarterback. He went on to work with the youth in the Negro districts of Chicago's south side and became sports editor for the Chicago Bee. In his later years he owned nightclubs in Chicago and acted in films of the era. And later, in Paddys Club, a Chicago tavern where he was employed, Butler met his death on Dec. 1, 1954. A man named Jimmy Hill, reportedly had been annoying two female patrons. Butler ejected Hill, who came back with a gun and shot the former star twice. Butler died in Chicago's Provident hospital.
Solomon W. Butler
UNIVERSITY of DUBUQUE
Name John Aber Seth Anglemyer Christian de la Torre Curtis Dixon Tyler Dobratz Davivorn Dowe Johnathan Easley Luke Elsbernd Adam Fredenhagen DeJuan Fuller Raymond Gosha Conner Hirt Tyler Hutchinson Eric Jones Phillip Jones Daniel Lijodi Antwone Lindsey Ryan Mattingly Josh Michelson-King Jed Omernick Kondwani Phiri Temwa Phiri Bryson Pitts Lionel Salazar Adam Schmidt John Sterling Joe Swedenhjelm C.J. Watson Tonee White Kyle Williams Jeremiah Ziebert Evan Zurbuchen Name Megan Bloedow Rachael Busjahn Kaylee Carter Jamyia Catchings Nicole Cihocki Melissa Englert Bridget Hosley Caitlin Kelly Rebecca Kuhle Kelsey McCreight Nickolette McKenzie Brenda Nava Ashley Sadewasser Melissa Sawyer Caitlin Simbeck Tiesha Starks Jamie Strobel Monica Tembe Tiffany Wynn Event Cl. Distance Fr. Multis Jr. Jumps Fr. Multis Fr. Throws/Hurdles Fr. Sprints Sr. Sprints Fr. Distance So. Multis So. Jumps So. Vault Jr. Throws Fr. Multis Fr. Sprints So. Sprints Jr. Sprints So. Jumps Fr. Multis So. Vault Fr. Distance Fr. Vault So. Vault Jr. Throws Fr. Throws So. Throws Fr. Jumps So. Throws Jr. Jumps Fr. Throws So. Sprints Fr. Distance Fr. Multis So. Event Distance Multis/Vault Distance Sprints Throws Vault Sprints Sprints Sprints Sprints Sprints Distance Throws Sprints Multis Sprints Multis Sprints Sprints/Jumps Cl. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Hometown/High School Hohenfels, Germany/Hohenfels Mishowaha, Ind./Jimtown Madison, Wis./La Follette Verona, Wis./Verona Edgerton, Wis./Edgerton Haines City, Fla./Ridge Comm. Conroe, Texas/Oak Ridge Calmar, Iowa/South Winneshiek Tiskilwa, Ill./Princeton St. Louis, Mo./Brentwood Flossmoor, Ill./Homewood-Floss. Hainesville, Ill./Grayslake Central Chippewa Falls, Wis./Chippewa Falls South Holland, Ill./Thornwood South Holland, Ill./Thornwood Jacksonville, Fla./Trinity Christian Gulfport, Miss./Gulfport Janesville, Iowa/Janesville Oneonta, N.Y./Oneonta Ellison Bay, Wis./Gibraltar Lansing, Mich./East Lansing Lansing, Mich./East Lansing Darren, Ill./Hindsdale South Sun Valley, Calif./James Monroe Woodstock, Ill./Harvard New York, NY./SHAPE American Norwalk, Iowa/Dowling Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West Chicago, Ill./Amundsen Chicago Heights, Ill./Bloom Sacramento, Calif./Jesuit Hollandale, Wis./Madison West Hometown/High School Gays Mils, Wis./Boscobel Sobieski, Wis./Pulaski Lake in the Hills, Ill./Jacobs Pavle Forest, Ill./Bloom Trail Lockport, Ill./Lockport Chana, Ill./Rochelle Township Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park-River Forest Barrington, Ill./Barrington Hazel Green, Wis./Southwestern Blue Grass, Iowa/Davenport West Hoffman Estates, Ill./William Fremd Chicago, Ill./Lane Tech New Vienna, Iowa/Clayton Ridge Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North Bayfield, Colo./Bayfield Waukegan, Ill./Waukegan Carlisle, Pa./AF North International Dubuque, Iowa/Hempstead Waukegan, Ill./Waukegan
Participating Teams: University of Dubuque, Augustana College, Clarke University, Coe College, Edgewood College, Loras College, Mount Mercy University, Monmouth College, and William Penn University. Field Events 10:00am Weight Throw Women to completion then Men � Shot Put to follow. 10:30am Pole Vault (M/W), High Jump (M/W), Long Jump (W/M) Triple Jump to follow. 10:30am 10:59am 11:00am 11:20am 11:50am 12:20pm Distance Medley Relay (2 sections) National Anthem 55M High Hurdle Prelims (6 sections) 55M Dash Prelims (13 sections) Mile Run (3 sections) 55M High Hurdle Finals (2 sections) 12:30pm 12:40pm 1:10pm 1:35pm 2:05pm 2:25pm 2:55pm 3:25pm 4:10pm 55M Dash Finals (2 sections) 5,000M Run � Women's (1 section) 5,000M Run � Men's (1 section) 400M Run (7 sections) 4x200M Relay (4 sections) 800M Run (6 sections) 200M Run (13 sections) 3,000M Run (3 sections) 4 x 400 Meter Relay (7 sections)
Chad Gunnelson Head Mens Coach
Shannon Zweifel Head Womens Coach
Geoff Gundlach Distance Coach
Peter Dvorak Pole Vault Coach
Isaiah Janzen Distance Coach
Joel Janecek Jumps Coach
Sean Burns Throws Coach